A case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia complicated by reactive arthritis

[Septic arthritis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis].

Incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia.

Of 63 patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia, 15 (23.8%) had clinically significant bacteremia, with an incidence of 1.3 cases per 100,000 admissions. Of the five patients with community-acquired S. lugdunensis bacteremia, three had endocarditis. Catheters were the most common portal of entry for health-care-associated or hospital-acquired bacteremia. Only one patient died of bacte...

Genotypes and phenotypes of Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates recovered from bacteremia.

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a member of coagulase-negative staphylococci, which has the potential to cause serious infections, such as endocarditis, bone and joint infections, and septicemia. Differences in phenotypic/genotypic characterization may be linked to different diseases. METHODS Genotypes of 11 S. lugdunensis isolates from bacteremia were determined by pulsed field gel ...

Clinical identifiers of complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

BACKGROUND Complications of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) are often difficult to identify. The ability to accurately predict the likelihood of these complications would impact patient management. This investigation sought to define readily available clinical characteristics that could help identify patients at risk for complicated SAB. METHODS A prospective, observational cohort stud...

Pacemaker Related Infective Endocarditis from Staphylococcus Lugdunensis: A Case Report

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a common skin flora not typically associated with infection. There are, however, several cases reported in the literature of Staphylococcus lugdunensis as a causative bacterium of various infections. This paper reports an additional case of pacemaker associated endocarditis with Staphylococcus lugdunensis as the causative bacterium.